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I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international
consultants. About living in Italy, the Veneto area near Venice; in Indonesia,
central Java. Why we love the southeast of the United States and moved back from
Italy. Our love for gardening, the botanical way. Sharing with you our manifold
treasures from exotic places and even offering several in my Mariette's Back to
Basics LLC Boutique, for others to enjoy. As well as high end silver items from
Giovanni Raspini, Italy |
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also do classes and consulting... too much to list here! Check out my google.com/+MarietteVandenMunckhofVedderABOUT page, where you see my other LINKS and email address; you just scroll down.Thanks!

Love to
bring back some romance and quality to the daily life of others...

Hello Mariette, The spring flowers in the U.S. are one of the things I miss most. Often they are white or delicately colored, but the violets (although they also come in white and yellow) could be depended on for some bright color in the spring woods.--Jim

Dearest Jim,Yes, that is really a huge difference with your area and we missed those things while living and working in Indonesia. All colors of violets are sweet when they start blooming in masses, when spring is beginning.Wishing you good weather, with kindest regards,Mariette

Beautiful!! Mother Nature always amazes ... as always thank you for sharing your gardens ...it gives us in the "great white north" hope that spring and Mother Nature's beauty will soon be here too ... the tulip leaves have started to make their way through the earth...wishing you both a blessed week ahead. xo

Dearest Celia,Yes, she sure does and it is such a joy for watching things grow and bloom up. With such photos we can enjoy them even longer after they've wilted away.Let's hope that soon in your part of the north it will be more friendly with blooming plants and sunshine.Sending you hugs and blessings.Mariette

Your violets are so lovely in their beautiful small vase!!!I was offered some roots by a blogger friend last year( by post !) which I planted in a pot and I look forward to seeing them bloom!I wish you a lovely new week , dearest Mariette!

Dearest Marie-Anne,That tiny vase seems made for them.Looking forward to hearing from you if they did grow into full bloom. Always exciting to receive such gems.Enjoy your special Easter week and sending you hugs and blessings.Mariette

Dear Mariette, Violets are so sweet and precious! Your lovely,tiny,silver vase is just perfect for displaying them, too. Springs flowers quickly pass and we must enjoy them when we can. Thank you for sharing them. When I was a small girl, I used to dream of violets in a pot on a picnic table in the woods. I don't know what that meant, but violets have always been so special to me. Hugs xo Karen

Dearest Karen,Thank you and I guess when we grew up we saw them mostly on those romantic vintage poetry stickers (poezie plaatjes we called them) and thus they were stuck into our minds. I've always loved these tiny things.Hugs,Mariette

Dearest Mariette； Such elegant violet flower with beautiful purple color; and your choice of silver vase makes them stands out♪ I also love the Japanese popular song about this flower which young girl singer sang many decades ago p:-) Your photographs of close-up with blurry back are gorgeous♡♡♡

Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*

Dearest Miyako,These wood violets are so frail and so tiny but their color is indeed beautiful! Mini vase, but they look stunning inside. So fond memories come back to your mind, about the young singer that sang about violets. Guess they are in all cultures considered to be a romantic flower.Thank you for your compliment, it is not always easy to capture such little flowers and I had to lie down, on the lawn for doing so... Our kitties came looking at what their Mami was doing. Funny, they must have thought that I finally came into their world.Hugs and love from your American friend in Georgia.Mariette

Dearest Maniette,Your wood gerden in tiny silver vase,also carved flower for speeial beautiful spring time.You are love for gardening your selected a spot with moss $0.10 piece dor spot.I love very much with flowers but not this years in here ..maybe next years...Hugs and Love for both of you!Michiko

Dearest Michiko,You do have a very keen eye for noticing the flowers that are worked into the silver of that tiny vase!Don't you love those spots with moss? It's like velvet and perfect as back drop for these tiny beauties.There always will be a next year and at times it can be too hot, too dry or whatever.Hugs, love and admiration from both of us!Mariette

Dearest Janey,Thank you, this is really violet time in the garden and nobody disapproves of them.Yes, I said goodbye to them after my final closeup, even though we still have some stragglers but after heavy rain tonight they for sure lost their beauty.Hugs,Mariette